A/N: I am on a roll! Thanks to all who reviewed! And now it's time for
another chapter full of Luke and Lorelai! Woo hoo! Here we go!
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"Are you sure?" Lorelai asked Rory as she held out an outfit for Lorelai to wear.
"Yes. It's not dressy, but it's not casual, either."
"So, it's dresual? Sounds dirty," she said with a smile.
"You're sick. Here, put this on, Luke has to see those legs sometime, it better be now," Rory said handing her a red v-neck sweater, and a black mini skirt.
"Rory, this might be too sexy for a first date." Lorelai grabbed the clothes and looked at them.
"Mom, this is not a first date, this is like the 500th date, except you guys haven't kissed until recently."
"I don't know, I don't want to give away the farm."
"Please, he's seen you in the skirt before, and remember how he commented on the shirt? It's in your favor."
Lorelai smiled. "Yeah, he did seem please with the shirt. I think he actually looked down my top!"
Rory laughed. "I seriously doubt it, but you let your imagination run wild."
Lorelai walked over to the closet with the clothes in hand. "Jewelry, please."
As Lorelai got dressed, Rory walked over to Lorelai's vanity table and looked through the necklaces and earrings. "So, what time is he supposed to be here?"
"A quarter after seven."
Rory looked at the clock. "It's seven-ten, you better hurry."
Lorelai emerged from the closet in the outfit. "So?" She gave a quick twirl. "What do you think? Should I wear the I'm-too-sexy-for-you heels, or the Too-hot-to-be-a-mom boots?"
"Hmm, I'd go with the heels, shows more leg."
Lorelai scoffed. "What is it with you and my legs?" Rory held out a necklace. "Nah, smaller charm."
Rory resumed looking for a necklace. "Luke looks like a leg guy to me."
She grabbed the other necklace Rory had picked out. "Really? He seems more of an eyes guy." She put on the necklace and grabbed the earrings Rory picked out.
"Well, he seems to have double interests because if you notice, the shirt is making your eyes stand out," Rory said pointing her toward the mirror.
"What? With red? You're kidding me?" Lorelai looked at herself in the mirror. "Do you think this red is too dark?"
"It's not the red that's making your eyes stand out, its your pale skin."
"Hey! That's mean! I can't help it if I haven't tanned in a while."
"Mom, if you read books that take place in the 1400's and on, you'll see the paleness was a turn on, if you were tan, you were poor and not beautiful."
Lorelai looked at Rory. "Really?" Rory handed her a shade of lipstick which she put on. "I'll have to check that out." She pulled on her shirt. "I think this shrunk in the wash.
Rory looked at Lorelai. "It does look a little smaller. Maybe this is my sweater."
"Yeah right. We're the same size, my dear." She tugged on the shirt again. "I think I have another one like this, I'm changing it," Lorelai said as she made her way toward the closet.
"Mom!"
"It's too tight, dear," Lorelai called from the closet. Just then the doorbell rang. Lorelai stuck her head out. "Crap he's here!"
"Don't worry, I'll go get the door, but you're not coming down until I come and get you." Rory walked out the door while Lorelai stuck her tongue out at her.
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Rory opened the front door and saw a nervous looking Luke wearing a simple black sweater and black slacks. He had a bouquet of flowers in his hand. "Hey Luke," she said kindly. She moved aside to let him in.
"Hi Rory, is your mom almost ready?" Luke asked as she closed the door behind him.
"She should be, I'll go check on her. Good thing you gave her the fifteen minute grace period or you would have been sitting here bored out of your mind." Luke smiled at her. She turned around and ran upstairs.
"Mom!" Rory called once she was in Lorelai's room. She saw Lorelai with one foot out the window and a guilty look on her face. "What are you doing?" she exclaimed.
"Sh!" Lorelai said as she pulled herself back inside. "I don't know, I'm really nervous, Rory. I've never been on a date with Luke, this is weird." She started pacing around the room.
"Well, he's nervous, too. Mom, he brought you flowers, and he's dressed all nice. Luke's doing this for you." She touched Lorelai's arm. "Is this a darker red?"
"Yeah." She sighed. "I don't what I'm doing."
"Well, I don't know what you're doing right now, but I know that you are going to be going downstairs, and you are going to greet Luke with a smile on your face. You're going to take those flowers and put them in the kitchen, I'll take care of them when you leave. After that, you're going to go on your date with Luke, and you're going to have fun. Don't make it awkward. Now, go," Rory said giving her a shove toward the door.
"I'm going, I'm going. No pushing, please," Lorelai said as she made her way down the stairs.
She saw Luke pacing back and forth behind the couch. She gave him a nervous smile when he saw her. He smiled back. They walked toward each other still wearing their awkward smiles. Lorelai glanced down at the flowers, which made him clear his throat and hold out the bouquet. "Here, uh...these are for you."
Lorelai smiled as she took them. "Thanks." She walked over to the kitchen and put them on the table. When she turned around Luke was in the doorway. "So...ready to go?"
"Uh, yeah, sure."
They walked to the foyer and as Lorelai was grabbing her coat and putting it on she yelled, "Rory, we're going. I'll see you later."
They heard a voice reply, "Ok, I won't wait up."
Lorelai slightly blushed as she grabbed her purse and walked to the door which Luke was holding open for her. "Uh, thanks," she said.
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When the got in Luke's truck, it was silent. All they heard was the noise of the engine and other cars passing by them. Luke cleared his throat a few times, as though about to say something, but thinking against it. Finally Lorelai decided to kill the silence and talk.
"You look good," Lorelai suddenly said. "I didn't know you knew how to dress yourself."
Luke smirked. "Thanks, you look good too. And I'm not incapable of wearing clothes. If you remember at the test run I was wearing something nice."
"Yeah, surprisingly you did look like an investor and not a reject from Green Acres," she said with a smile.
"Well, I'm glad you approved. So did you decide on a movie?"
Lorelai grinned evilly. "Of course."
"I'm going to regret this, aren't I?" Luke asked with a groan.
"Yep."
"And your choice of torture is..."
"Dodgeball!"
"What is that?"
"A movie."
"Thanks, Captain Obvious, but what is it about?"
"A group of outcasts in a poor gym try to win money to get their gym back by playing dodgeball and the gym trying to buy them takes them on in the tournament."
"Ah, jeez, Lorelai. We already know who wins."
"Well, duh, but it's fun to see what's in the middle," Lorelai said as they pulled up to the theatre.
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Lorelai and Luke walked out of the theatre. Luke had a look of confusion on his, but Lorelai was wearing a huge grin.
"You know, I didn't expect that ending. But the pirate guy did look better without that hair," Lorelai said munching on popcorn.
"Yeah, but when he realized that he really wasn't a pirate, his friends convinced him again. That was just stupid."
"What about Ben Stiller? I love when he plays creepy bad guys. He grosses me out, but also makes me laugh."
"Do you even remember the characters' names?"
Lorelai scoffed. "Yeah right. I've never remembered characters' names unless I see the movie more than twice. Which after then if perfect mocking material." Lorelai looked at Luke who was looking straight ahead. "I know what you're thinking."
Luke looked at her. "What?"
"You're thinking about Christine Taylor."
"No I'm not."
Lorelai smiled. "Yes you are. There's nothing to be ashamed of. If her character was real, I wouldn't mind you going for her. But mind you she might go f-"
"Lorelai. Please don't finish that sentence," Luke said holding up his hand.
She smiled. "You're embarrassed."
"You're disgusting."
"I'm hungry."
"Nothing new there."
"Wanna get some ice cream?"
"I'd rather not."
"You're just as mean as when we're not on a date," Lorelai said pouting.
Luke stopped and Lorelai stopped next to him. "Where did you want to go?"
Lorelai grinned and clapped her hands as she jumped in the air. "Yay!"
"Stop that," he said putting his hands on her shoulders.
Lorelai stopped and looked at Luke. "You know, this is fun," she said seriously.
Luke didn't move his hands. "Yeah."
He leaned in and kissed her. When he pulled back she kept her eyes closed, smiled and said, "Baskin Robbins."
"What?"
She opened her eyes. "That's where I want to go for ice cream."
"Oh. Ok." They started walking to his truck. Lorelai slipped her hand into Luke's and smiled at how comfortable it felt.
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Luke watched Lorelai as she was telling him all about the work that needed to be done at the inn and how she ate her ice cream cone. They were still holding hands and were walking through the park that was close to the ice cream shop.
"...and we still don't have the money in the budget for Sookie's helpers, but she can't choose. Ugh, this is so frustrating," Lorelai said using her hand holding the cone to speak.
"Lorelai, be careful or you're going to lose your ice cream," Luke said.
She looked down at the hand she wasn't holding. "You've barely touched yours. Do you not like Vanilla?"
He shrugged. "It tastes weird."
She rolled her eyes. "Of course. I told you not to get the regular flavor."
"Well I told you I don't like chocolate that much."
"You're crazy," Lorelai said as she licked her ice cream. "Yum, I love Mint Chocolate Chip." She held it out to him. "Do you want to try it?" Luke looked at the cone skeptically. "Oh come on, I don't have cooties." Luke tasted the ice cream. "Well?"
He shrugged. "It's not bad."
"Not bad? Please, it's yummy."
"Yummy."
"Yes, yummy. Delicious, delectable, tasty, scrumptious, luscious, a-"Luke cut her off by pressing his lips to hers. He pulled away from her and looked at his feet.
"You, uh, you had some ice cream on your lip," he said nervously. Lorelai chuckled which made Luke look up. "What?"
"You're a romantic," she said nudging him with her shoulder.
"I am not," he said while looking back down at his feet.
"Yes you are." She smiled when she saw him fidgeting. "Luke, it's ok. I like it."
He looked up at her. "I'm not a romantic."
"Well, just make me think you are," she said as she leaned in and kissed him. "You know," she said as she pulled away, "this isn't weird. Which is weird because this is new."
Luke nodded as he threw away his cone. "Yeah, but I'm glad we don't have to get used to it."
"Why'd you throw that away? I would have eaten it."
"Lorelai."
"I would!"
"I know you would. But just let it go. I'll buy you two cones next time."
"Next time?" she asked raising an eyebrow.
"Uh, well, I mean if you want to..." Luke said shyly.
Lorelai smiled. "Luke, relax. I want to."
He smiled at her. "Good."
"You've been smiling a lot lately, does this have to do with the fact that we're dating?"
He shrugged and squeezed her hand lightly. "Maybe."
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A/N: And there was the date! I will probably end it, but maybe I'll just move on to the next day...I'll think about as I post this. Let me know what you think by reviewing. Au revoir for now!
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"Are you sure?" Lorelai asked Rory as she held out an outfit for Lorelai to wear.
"Yes. It's not dressy, but it's not casual, either."
"So, it's dresual? Sounds dirty," she said with a smile.
"You're sick. Here, put this on, Luke has to see those legs sometime, it better be now," Rory said handing her a red v-neck sweater, and a black mini skirt.
"Rory, this might be too sexy for a first date." Lorelai grabbed the clothes and looked at them.
"Mom, this is not a first date, this is like the 500th date, except you guys haven't kissed until recently."
"I don't know, I don't want to give away the farm."
"Please, he's seen you in the skirt before, and remember how he commented on the shirt? It's in your favor."
Lorelai smiled. "Yeah, he did seem please with the shirt. I think he actually looked down my top!"
Rory laughed. "I seriously doubt it, but you let your imagination run wild."
Lorelai walked over to the closet with the clothes in hand. "Jewelry, please."
As Lorelai got dressed, Rory walked over to Lorelai's vanity table and looked through the necklaces and earrings. "So, what time is he supposed to be here?"
"A quarter after seven."
Rory looked at the clock. "It's seven-ten, you better hurry."
Lorelai emerged from the closet in the outfit. "So?" She gave a quick twirl. "What do you think? Should I wear the I'm-too-sexy-for-you heels, or the Too-hot-to-be-a-mom boots?"
"Hmm, I'd go with the heels, shows more leg."
Lorelai scoffed. "What is it with you and my legs?" Rory held out a necklace. "Nah, smaller charm."
Rory resumed looking for a necklace. "Luke looks like a leg guy to me."
She grabbed the other necklace Rory had picked out. "Really? He seems more of an eyes guy." She put on the necklace and grabbed the earrings Rory picked out.
"Well, he seems to have double interests because if you notice, the shirt is making your eyes stand out," Rory said pointing her toward the mirror.
"What? With red? You're kidding me?" Lorelai looked at herself in the mirror. "Do you think this red is too dark?"
"It's not the red that's making your eyes stand out, its your pale skin."
"Hey! That's mean! I can't help it if I haven't tanned in a while."
"Mom, if you read books that take place in the 1400's and on, you'll see the paleness was a turn on, if you were tan, you were poor and not beautiful."
Lorelai looked at Rory. "Really?" Rory handed her a shade of lipstick which she put on. "I'll have to check that out." She pulled on her shirt. "I think this shrunk in the wash.
Rory looked at Lorelai. "It does look a little smaller. Maybe this is my sweater."
"Yeah right. We're the same size, my dear." She tugged on the shirt again. "I think I have another one like this, I'm changing it," Lorelai said as she made her way toward the closet.
"Mom!"
"It's too tight, dear," Lorelai called from the closet. Just then the doorbell rang. Lorelai stuck her head out. "Crap he's here!"
"Don't worry, I'll go get the door, but you're not coming down until I come and get you." Rory walked out the door while Lorelai stuck her tongue out at her.
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Rory opened the front door and saw a nervous looking Luke wearing a simple black sweater and black slacks. He had a bouquet of flowers in his hand. "Hey Luke," she said kindly. She moved aside to let him in.
"Hi Rory, is your mom almost ready?" Luke asked as she closed the door behind him.
"She should be, I'll go check on her. Good thing you gave her the fifteen minute grace period or you would have been sitting here bored out of your mind." Luke smiled at her. She turned around and ran upstairs.
"Mom!" Rory called once she was in Lorelai's room. She saw Lorelai with one foot out the window and a guilty look on her face. "What are you doing?" she exclaimed.
"Sh!" Lorelai said as she pulled herself back inside. "I don't know, I'm really nervous, Rory. I've never been on a date with Luke, this is weird." She started pacing around the room.
"Well, he's nervous, too. Mom, he brought you flowers, and he's dressed all nice. Luke's doing this for you." She touched Lorelai's arm. "Is this a darker red?"
"Yeah." She sighed. "I don't what I'm doing."
"Well, I don't know what you're doing right now, but I know that you are going to be going downstairs, and you are going to greet Luke with a smile on your face. You're going to take those flowers and put them in the kitchen, I'll take care of them when you leave. After that, you're going to go on your date with Luke, and you're going to have fun. Don't make it awkward. Now, go," Rory said giving her a shove toward the door.
"I'm going, I'm going. No pushing, please," Lorelai said as she made her way down the stairs.
She saw Luke pacing back and forth behind the couch. She gave him a nervous smile when he saw her. He smiled back. They walked toward each other still wearing their awkward smiles. Lorelai glanced down at the flowers, which made him clear his throat and hold out the bouquet. "Here, uh...these are for you."
Lorelai smiled as she took them. "Thanks." She walked over to the kitchen and put them on the table. When she turned around Luke was in the doorway. "So...ready to go?"
"Uh, yeah, sure."
They walked to the foyer and as Lorelai was grabbing her coat and putting it on she yelled, "Rory, we're going. I'll see you later."
They heard a voice reply, "Ok, I won't wait up."
Lorelai slightly blushed as she grabbed her purse and walked to the door which Luke was holding open for her. "Uh, thanks," she said.
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When the got in Luke's truck, it was silent. All they heard was the noise of the engine and other cars passing by them. Luke cleared his throat a few times, as though about to say something, but thinking against it. Finally Lorelai decided to kill the silence and talk.
"You look good," Lorelai suddenly said. "I didn't know you knew how to dress yourself."
Luke smirked. "Thanks, you look good too. And I'm not incapable of wearing clothes. If you remember at the test run I was wearing something nice."
"Yeah, surprisingly you did look like an investor and not a reject from Green Acres," she said with a smile.
"Well, I'm glad you approved. So did you decide on a movie?"
Lorelai grinned evilly. "Of course."
"I'm going to regret this, aren't I?" Luke asked with a groan.
"Yep."
"And your choice of torture is..."
"Dodgeball!"
"What is that?"
"A movie."
"Thanks, Captain Obvious, but what is it about?"
"A group of outcasts in a poor gym try to win money to get their gym back by playing dodgeball and the gym trying to buy them takes them on in the tournament."
"Ah, jeez, Lorelai. We already know who wins."
"Well, duh, but it's fun to see what's in the middle," Lorelai said as they pulled up to the theatre.
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Lorelai and Luke walked out of the theatre. Luke had a look of confusion on his, but Lorelai was wearing a huge grin.
"You know, I didn't expect that ending. But the pirate guy did look better without that hair," Lorelai said munching on popcorn.
"Yeah, but when he realized that he really wasn't a pirate, his friends convinced him again. That was just stupid."
"What about Ben Stiller? I love when he plays creepy bad guys. He grosses me out, but also makes me laugh."
"Do you even remember the characters' names?"
Lorelai scoffed. "Yeah right. I've never remembered characters' names unless I see the movie more than twice. Which after then if perfect mocking material." Lorelai looked at Luke who was looking straight ahead. "I know what you're thinking."
Luke looked at her. "What?"
"You're thinking about Christine Taylor."
"No I'm not."
Lorelai smiled. "Yes you are. There's nothing to be ashamed of. If her character was real, I wouldn't mind you going for her. But mind you she might go f-"
"Lorelai. Please don't finish that sentence," Luke said holding up his hand.
She smiled. "You're embarrassed."
"You're disgusting."
"I'm hungry."
"Nothing new there."
"Wanna get some ice cream?"
"I'd rather not."
"You're just as mean as when we're not on a date," Lorelai said pouting.
Luke stopped and Lorelai stopped next to him. "Where did you want to go?"
Lorelai grinned and clapped her hands as she jumped in the air. "Yay!"
"Stop that," he said putting his hands on her shoulders.
Lorelai stopped and looked at Luke. "You know, this is fun," she said seriously.
Luke didn't move his hands. "Yeah."
He leaned in and kissed her. When he pulled back she kept her eyes closed, smiled and said, "Baskin Robbins."
"What?"
She opened her eyes. "That's where I want to go for ice cream."
"Oh. Ok." They started walking to his truck. Lorelai slipped her hand into Luke's and smiled at how comfortable it felt.
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Luke watched Lorelai as she was telling him all about the work that needed to be done at the inn and how she ate her ice cream cone. They were still holding hands and were walking through the park that was close to the ice cream shop.
"...and we still don't have the money in the budget for Sookie's helpers, but she can't choose. Ugh, this is so frustrating," Lorelai said using her hand holding the cone to speak.
"Lorelai, be careful or you're going to lose your ice cream," Luke said.
She looked down at the hand she wasn't holding. "You've barely touched yours. Do you not like Vanilla?"
He shrugged. "It tastes weird."
She rolled her eyes. "Of course. I told you not to get the regular flavor."
"Well I told you I don't like chocolate that much."
"You're crazy," Lorelai said as she licked her ice cream. "Yum, I love Mint Chocolate Chip." She held it out to him. "Do you want to try it?" Luke looked at the cone skeptically. "Oh come on, I don't have cooties." Luke tasted the ice cream. "Well?"
He shrugged. "It's not bad."
"Not bad? Please, it's yummy."
"Yummy."
"Yes, yummy. Delicious, delectable, tasty, scrumptious, luscious, a-"Luke cut her off by pressing his lips to hers. He pulled away from her and looked at his feet.
"You, uh, you had some ice cream on your lip," he said nervously. Lorelai chuckled which made Luke look up. "What?"
"You're a romantic," she said nudging him with her shoulder.
"I am not," he said while looking back down at his feet.
"Yes you are." She smiled when she saw him fidgeting. "Luke, it's ok. I like it."
He looked up at her. "I'm not a romantic."
"Well, just make me think you are," she said as she leaned in and kissed him. "You know," she said as she pulled away, "this isn't weird. Which is weird because this is new."
Luke nodded as he threw away his cone. "Yeah, but I'm glad we don't have to get used to it."
"Why'd you throw that away? I would have eaten it."
"Lorelai."
"I would!"
"I know you would. But just let it go. I'll buy you two cones next time."
"Next time?" she asked raising an eyebrow.
"Uh, well, I mean if you want to..." Luke said shyly.
Lorelai smiled. "Luke, relax. I want to."
He smiled at her. "Good."
"You've been smiling a lot lately, does this have to do with the fact that we're dating?"
He shrugged and squeezed her hand lightly. "Maybe."
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A/N: And there was the date! I will probably end it, but maybe I'll just move on to the next day...I'll think about as I post this. Let me know what you think by reviewing. Au revoir for now!